Entrepreneurial Networking in the Middle East and North Africa
Social networks are important sources of advice and contribute to entrepreneurs' success in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Social networks are important sources of advice and contribute to entrepreneurs' success in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
High-performing businesses are currently seen as a source of job and wealth creation, essential elements of a strategy for inclusive growth.
Despite impressive growth rates in East Africa, the effects of growth on poverty reduction and employment creation have been limited, particularly for youth.
Across Africa, postharvest losses along the food chain from farm to fork jeopardize the food security of resource-poor farmers.
The Knowledge Access in Rural Inter-connected Areas Network (KariaNet) aims to enhance the effectiveness of development projects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) that serve to enable the rural poor by sharing innovations, best practices
Livelihood vulnerability is a major characteristic of life in semi-arid areas of sub-Saharan Africa such as the Sahel.
Over the past five years, IDRC's Rural Poverty and Environment (RPE) program initiative has funded a number of projects in eastern and southern Africa.
There is an emerging consensus among donor agencies that private sector development is crucial to economic growth and poverty alleviation in the developing world. Africa faces a number of challenges with respect to private sector development.
Agriculture is at the heart of Morocco's economic and social development, but in this water-stressed country, irrigation is critical to agricultural production. Irrigated agriculture plays an important role in meeting Morocco's food needs.
This project aims to contribute to a better understanding of the factors influencing the level of entrepreneurial activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and benchmark country and regional performance against that of other developing